Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Seeing that the students had already sat down in their seats, Sirius cleared his throat.

"Good, you didn't deduct points from me at the last minute of the semester. I'm Sirius Black, your Dean of Academic Affairs.

This doesn't mean you won't have exams this semester and can relax. The Academic Affairs Office has arranged some lectures for you over the next few days, and I hope you will cherish this opportunity.

Of course, I will start this first session, and we will all learn about the school rules of Hogwarts together.

Some little devils...I mean some classmates, put away those ghost-looking looks of yours. I know you may have heard some unkind remarks about me from home.

Oh my god, that Sirius guy actually cares about school rules. He might have almost turned Hogwarts upside down back then.

Of course, I also know that some parents have written many letters of complaint to Headmaster Dumbledore. Don't be afraid, I'm not your Professor Holmes. I'll find an opportunity to take revenge on you."

At this point, many students smiled knowingly.

They knew Professor Holmes's character very well. If anyone said something bad about him or violated his classroom rules, he would inadvertently give the other person a small punishment.

Some people who only knew Sirius from their elders or previous newspapers suddenly felt that Director Black was not as serious as when he first took office, but instead had a lot of bad humor.

"Alright, there's no need to dig up the past. The important thing is now. I know better than anyone that adolescent wands tend to gravitate towards excitement, but believe me, some red lines are more dangerous than the illusions in the Mirror of Erised."

Ron then quietly explained to some of the students around him who didn't know about the Mirror of Erised what it was and what he had seen in it.

"Let's talk about 'night walks' first. This is the most popular adventure activity for both freshmen and seniors, right? The corridors under the moonlight are indeed hundreds of times more interesting than your Potions class, but remember, the Lumos spell of the Academic Affairs Office is three seconds faster than your escape speed. No matter how fast you are, they can catch you for violating school rules."

Sirius's lecture did not explain the Hogwarts school rules one by one, but instead talked about various interesting experiences.

Two hours passed quickly, and Sirius considerately let the students rest for twenty minutes.

When the students who went to the bathroom came back, they found that many people were gathered in the open space in front of the podium.

A giant chessboard of school rules and regulations was painted on the ground in front with fluorescent powder (for example, "Nightwalkers will be punished by copying" corresponds to the trap square, and "Reporting pranks will get extra points" corresponds to the teleport square).

Sirius asked the students to sit down, took a quick look and said:

"Very good, no students are absent."

Then he tapped the crystal ball with his magic wand, and the image in the air turned into a bird's-eye view of the chessboard on the ground.

"Next, let's play a little game. Students from the four academies will step forward one by one and roll the magic dice. Based on the order in which they roll, they will add 3 points to 1 point to their academy's score."

As the Quidditch field was in full swing, the NEWT examination venue also caused quite a stir.

Because of Douglas's tactic of flooding the exam room with questions in the past two years, the people in the Examination Administration Bureau have been forced to update the test papers.

But this time they found that the level of the students taking the exam this year had improved significantly, and it was a leap forward.

It's not about the ability to solve problems, but the unique way of thinking in solving problems, which is rarely seen in young wizards who have not yet entered society.

After hearing the news, the director of the Wizarding Examinations Administration, old lady Gsilda Marchbank, said to Douglas beside her with a smile:

"Little Doug, have you come up with some secret weapon again? I'm 130 years old this year. In my final years, you can't let me, an old lady, take it easy. You're adding to my burden every year."

Douglas looked at Professor McGonagall, who shrugged, rolled her eyes, and turned her head away from him.

Douglas leaned forward and said:

"This year we had a large-scale subject-passing game, personally assigned by all the professors. The seventh graders who took the test had a minimum of two subjects cleared, and a maximum of six. The difficulty level was slightly higher than the exam."

The little old lady's eyes lit up.

Chapter 335: Wizard Psychology Lecture Speaker: Lupin

As noon approached, after the first lecture ended, Sirius announced the content of the next lecture and arranged a 12-inch long summary report on school rules and regulations.

As noon approached, Sirius's lecture was drawing to a close.

"Our lecture ends here today. I'd like to assign a small assignment to everyone: each of you write a report on the school rules that is at least 10 inches long.

I hope to see you all here again tomorrow morning at the same time. I'll give you a sneak peek at the content of tomorrow's lecture - "Witch Psychology," which will be given by a gentleman you might not expect."

Soon Sirius arrived at Douglas' office.

Sirius looked at the delicious food prepared on the table and asked doubtfully:

"Is Doug not back yet?"

Lupin said while eating beef:

"Well, I heard that he was dragged by the Wizarding Examinations Authority to watch the Chamber of Secrets. By the way, how was the lecture today?"

Sirius smiled and said proudly:

"Not bad. They're pretty obedient, and quite a few people are interested in the game. By summer vacation, Doug will be able to launch his game sandbox."

Lupin poured Sirius a glass of red wine and said with a smile:

“Who would have thought that the real purpose of this lecture was for Douglas to launch his own product.”

Sirius took a sip of red wine and looked at Lupin:

"So, you've really decided?"

"Haven't we already discussed this?"

The auditorium at lunch time.

Those who are taking the exam and those who are not are gathered together.

Those who attended the lecture talked about the school rules game.

"You don't know that the random number on the dice determines how many steps you need to take. If you encounter a reward, you will receive the corresponding reward directly. If it is a punishment, you will receive the corresponding punishment directly. It even has a teleportation function."

“I love the Dean of Academic Affairs so much!”

The lower grades complained about the difficulty of the exam, while the students taking the OWL and NEWT exams were all sighing at the kindness of the Wizarding Examinations Authority.

George and Fred danced with excitement.

"It's so easy! Easier than the usual monthly and weekly exams."

"Thank you to the benevolent Ministry of Magic! Thank you to the evil Hogwarts professors."

Just as the hall was bustling with activity, the members of the Wizarding Examinations Authority, who had just finished visiting the Chamber of Secrets, held a small meeting in Headmaster Dumbledore's office.

Just before preparing for the exam in the afternoon, the fifth and seventh grades suddenly received an exam notice that the exam on Monday afternoon would be suspended and moved to Tuesday morning.

Tuesday morning.

"According to the Examination Administration, students taking the OWL and NEWT exams must gather at the entrance to the second-floor secret room before 8 a.m.!"

After receiving the news, the fifth and seventh grade class leaders quickly notified the students who were going to take the exam.

"Secret room test?"

"I heard from the seventh grade that it's very difficult there. What are we fifth graders supposed to do there?"

"Could it be that because yesterday's test was too easy, they learned bad things?"

Compared to the students who were going to take the exam, the students who were preparing to attend the lecture were in a good mood. Although there were various homework assignments afterwards, it was really interesting.

"I don't know who the mysterious speaker is today? Professor Holmes?"

"I heard that psychology is a Muggle discipline. Maybe Professor Holmes really invented it."

"Isn't he supposed to be invigilating the exam today?"

When they arrived at the Quidditch field, everything was the same as yesterday, except that the playing field they had been looking forward to was gone.

"It's Professor Lupin!"

"Aha, we should have thought of that earlier."

"There aren't many teachers free at school right now."

"During my morning run, the professor didn't reveal any information at all!"

Passing by the podium, the students greeted Lupin cordially. Even some Slytherin students liked this extra-curricular professor who accompanied them for jogging and morning reading every morning.

Especially during the evening confinement study time, the other party will also arrange some very easy homework.

For this reason, they were very sad when they heard that the confinement study room would be handed over to the Academic Affairs Office for management starting from the next semester.

Sirius, who was standing next to Lupin, nudged Lupin with his elbow.

"Moonface, good job! I think you might actually change history this time!"

In addition to Lupin and Sirius, there were also reporters and photographers from the Daily Prophet on the podium.

Originally, they only appeared in Hogwarts for the OWL exams and NEWT practical exams. This time, I heard that Hogwarts was organizing a series of lectures in a unique way, and I have applied for it.

Of course, even if they didn't come, they would be invited by Sirius.

Because this concerns the future fate of my good friend.

As the lecture began, Sirius and the newspaper people found a seat downstairs.

No one noticed that Dumbledore had quietly sat down in a corner of the stands at the Quidditch field at some point.

Lupin gently stroked the worn wand with his fingertips, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he tapped the crystal ball in front of him - "Lectures on Wizarding Psychology".

"Good morning, young wizards. I am Remus John Lupin."

"As someone who has hidden potions books in the corridors of Hogwarts, counted moonlight in the Shrieking Shack, and ducked into phone booths on rainy nights in the Muggle world, I want to talk to you about the thoughts behind the tip of our wands – about the moments that make our wands tremble as we try to find our place in these three worlds."

"Many of you may have hidden in the bathroom after a Potions cauldron exploded, stared at your scar after a Quidditch mishap, or asked yourself repeatedly after the Sorting Hat's verdict: 'Do I really belong here?'"

"I used to think that my werewolf bloodline would keep me in the shadow of the academy's bonfire forever.

Until I discovered that the true sense of belonging never came from the judgment of the Sorting Hat, but from the hand that shared the flower pot with you in Herbology class, from the cough that kept watch for you during a night out, and from Professor McGonagall's words, "Lupin, your Transfiguration homework is late again - but the idea is very interesting."

Remember, the stone bricks of Hogwarts never demand perfection from us. They accept every soul that sweats while holding their wand, just like the Whomping Willow will catch a falling wizard, even if it shakes its branches twice as a "reminder" first.

Lupin's words caused a commotion below.

At Hogwarts, apart from the professors, only the members of Charon's Detective Agency who had participated in the hunt for Wormtail knew that Lupin was a werewolf, but they all tacitly did not tell this secret to other students.

The Aurors and leaders of the Ministry of Magic who had participated in the hunt for Wormtail also knew about this, but Fudge's compensation to Sirius and Sirius's private sponsorship of a considerable sum of money kept this matter from the outside world.

So this time, when Lupin suddenly and inadvertently announced the secret, it immediately caused a panic among the audience.

Chapter 336: The First Lesson of Wizard Psychology - Learning to Coexist with the "Wolf" in Your Heart

The reporter and photographer of the Daily Prophet immediately found Sirius, because the previous rumor that Sirius was a werewolf had caused a panic.

Later, the Ministry of Magic came out to testify and clarified Sirius' identity. They thought the matter was over, but they didn't expect it to explode again today.

"Mr. Black, I heard correctly just now. Your good friend Professor Remus Lupin just said that he has werewolf blood.

And a few months ago, you were falsely accused of being a werewolf—is there a connection between the two? Is this a publicity stunt you're using to attract attention? Or is this all true?

The tip of the shorthand quill automatically recorded on the interview parchment.

Sirius had been staring at Lupin on the podium. After hearing the reporter's question, he glanced at him and then continued to look at the podium.

"During working hours, please address me by my title, Head of Academic Affairs at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Um, well, Director Black."

Sirius nodded in satisfaction, but unfortunately he didn't have a cup of black tea, so he couldn't imitate Doug's bureaucratic style.

"As for whether it's true or not, you'll find out if you continue to listen to Remus. I want to ask, if a werewolf were employed at Hogwarts, what do you think the consequences would be?"

"That's simply unbelievable. A dangerous werewolf among so many young wizards, every full moon night... How dare Dumbledore? How many students will be harmed?"

Sirius took out a stack of parchment from his cloth bag and said casually:

"Have you ever heard of a werewolf attacking anyone at Hogwarts in all these years? Judging from your age, you should have been at Hogwarts at least at the same time as us, right?"

The reporter took the pile of parchment and said subconsciously:

"No, that's why I suspect you're up to something. I heard the Ministry of Magic paid a heavy price to apologize last time, like the creation of the Office of the Registrar. I don't want to become a victim of your political games. What is this—'Remus Lupin Daily Work Evaluation Report'?"

Sirius suddenly crossed his legs and said proudly:

“Coincidentally, some time ago I made an evaluation report on all the staff in the school.

There are professors' teaching reports and other staff's work evaluations, which come from their colleagues and students and are completely free evaluations.

This report truly records what Hogwarts colleagues and students think of Remus.

The reporter looked at Sirius's reaction and cursed in his heart, what do you mean by coincidence? It is obvious that you have prepared all this.

He even suspected that this was a test by Dumbledore on the Ministry of Magic, and that this announcement was definitely not Lupin's spur-of-the-moment idea, but a premeditated plan.